Truck trailer manufacturing · Michigan

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc.

White Pigeon, MI · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. runs at 312% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truck trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc.: 10.3 TCR = 312% of Truck trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. safety composite

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−7.3

2021→2023

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. injury rate improved

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.3 from 13.9 in 2021 to 6.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.9 · 2023=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · White Pigeon, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 312% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Waypoint Logistics, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waypoint Logistics, LLC. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. averages 10.3 TCR (312% of the Truck trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. TCR series: 2021=13.9 · 2023=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. falls in its industry

474 Truck trailer manufacturing establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Truck trailer manufacturing employers in Michigan.

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. (50 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Darkhorse Cargo, Inc.
Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. (50 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darkhorse Cargo, Inc. has fewer employees than the Truck trailer manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 6.7 4.5 3 0 0
2021 13.9 2.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · MI · White Pigeon

474 Truck trailer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 12 employers in White Pigeon, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Waypoint Logistics, LLC. 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 118_165 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roseau 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SmithCo, Inc. 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Commerce Center 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Midland 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Acoustical 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7786 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merhow Acquisition LLC 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR White Pigeon Division 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR DECKORATORS INC 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR White Pigeon Paper Company 90 FTE
NAT-TCR Tim Ryan Construction, Inc. 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR In-Flight Catering 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gear Co. of America, Inc. 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 9001 San Antonio Hesselbein Tire Southwest 10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tuscola Health Care 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rochelle Gardens 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newman RHCC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cornerstone 50 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.